Sunday May 15, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Playing a pair of 10-inning games, the Tigers won the opener of a doubleheader, 5-3, before the Brewers came back to gain a 3-2 victory in the nightcap before a Jacket Day crowd of 47,732. In the first game, Rusty Staub homered for the Tigers in the eighth inning to tie the score at 3-3. In the 10th, Tito Fuentes was safe on an error. With two out, Ben Oglivie singled pinch-runner Chuck Scrivener to third and both then scored on a double by Steve Kemp.

After the second game went into overtime, Steve Brye tripled for the Brewers in the 10th. John Hiller, replacing Dave Roberts, struck out Cecil Cooper but then walked Dan Thomas and Sal Bando intentionally to load the bases. Don Money caught the Tigers off guard with a bunt and beat it out for a hit as Brye scored the game-winner. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, May 15, 1977 (Day game) at County Stadium

Tigers 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 5 9 0 Brewers 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .242 Yount ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .256 Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .320 Brye cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Scrivener pr,2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Joshua ph,cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .220 Staub dh 4 1 2 1 1 0 .244 Cooper dh 5 0 0 0 0 4 .314 Oglivie rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .267 Thomas lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Kemp lf 5 0 2 2 0 1 .274 Bando 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .261 Thompson 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Money 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .274 May c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .306 Lezcano rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .242 Mankowski 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .351 McMullen 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .179 Wagner ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .140 Moore c 2 0 0 1 0 0 .267 Sykes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hegan ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Slaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 5 9 5 2 5 Totals 36 3 7 3 2 9 Time of Game: 2:28 Left on Base: Tigers 7, Brewers 6 DP: Tigers 0, Brewers 0 Errors: Yount Doubles: Staub (7), Kemp (5), Yount (6) Triples: Mankowski (1), McMullen (1) Home Runs: Staub (5) Sacrifice Hits: Wagner (1), Moore (3) Sacrifice Flies: Fuentes (2) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sykes 4.1 3 3 3 1 2 0 17 4.61 Foucault W(2-1) 5.2 4 0 0 1 7 0 22 1.93 Totals 10 7 3 3 2 9 0 39 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Slaton L(1-4) 9.1 7 4 3 2 5 1 38 1.96 McClure 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 1.84 Totals 10 9 5 3* 2 5 1 42 Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Jerry Neudecker TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Staub walked; Oglivie struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Yount grounded out (second to first); Brye grounded out (second to first); Cooper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Kemp flied to left; Thompson flied to left; May flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando grounded out (third to first); Money walked; Lezcano flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Brewers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Mankowski walked; Wagner out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Mankowski to second]; LeFlore singled to third [Mankowski to third]; Fuentes hit a sacrifice fly to center [Mankowski scored]; Staub doubled to right [LeFlore to third]; Oglivie grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: McMullen flied to right; Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Brewers 0. TIGERS 4TH: Kemp grounded out (first to pitcher); Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); May singled to right; Mankowski tripled to center [May scored]; Wagner flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Brye lined to first; Cooper flied to left; Thomas grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Brewers 0. TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Fuentes flied to left; Staub flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Brewers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Bando singled to center; Money struck out; Lezcano singled to center [Bando to third]; McMullen tripled to right [Bando scored, Lezcano scored]; FOUCAULT REPLACED SYKES (PITCHING); Moore out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [McMullen scored]; Yount doubled to right; Brye singled to second [Yount to third]; Cooper struck out; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 2, Brewers 3. TIGERS 6TH: Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); Kemp singled to left; Thompson struck out; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Brewers 3. BREWERS 6TH: Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando grounded out (third to first); Money grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Brewers 3. TIGERS 7TH: Mankowski flied to right; Wagner grounded out (third to first); LeFlore singled to right; Fuentes flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Brewers 3. BREWERS 7TH: Lezcano grounded out (pitcher to first); McMullen struck out; Moore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Brewers 3. TIGERS 8TH: Staub homered; Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); Kemp struck out; Thompson flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Brewers 3. BREWERS 8TH: Yount struck out; JOSHUA BATTED FOR BRYE; Joshua struck out; Cooper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Brewers 3. TIGERS 9TH: JOSHUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); May grounded out (first unassisted); Mankowski struck out; Wagner flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Brewers 3. BREWERS 9TH: Thomas struck out; Bando flied to right; Money singled to third; Lezcano flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Brewers 3. TIGERS 10TH: LeFlore flied to center; Fuentes reached on an error by Yount; MCCLURE REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); SCRIVENER RAN FOR FUENTES; Staub lined to second; Oglivie singled to center [Scrivener to second]; Kemp doubled to center [Scrivener scored (unearned), Oglivie scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)]; Thompson flied to center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Brewers 3. BREWERS 10TH: SCRIVENER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first); HEGAN BATTED FOR MOORE; Hegan walked; Yount popped to first in foul territory; Joshua singled to right [Hegan to second]; Cooper struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Brewers 3.

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